Question

Scholars long believed Homer was a poet who was blind and who sang his epic works rather than writing them down. [ BLANK ] more recent scholarship suggests that Homer was not blind and wrote revisions of stories that had been in existence for hundreds of years.
A. As a Result
B. In contrast
C. Furthermore
D. Consequently

Answer 1

B. In contrast

Explanation: The second sentence presents a conflicting view to the first (older belief vs. newer scholarship), so a contrastive connector is required.